Thank you for your interest in applying to work as a Collegiate Staff for the 2025 Camp Season.  If you are selected to be a member of this mission team, you will be asked to serve in a variety of settings as well as over the dates listed in the packet.  The Collegiate Staff Development team is excited to get this camp year off to a great start!

Because we are opening things up to college aged students that we don’t know as well, we are going to ask each student to go through an application process.  Please fill out the enclosed packet to the best of your ability or complete the online version.  Also included are student reference forms that should be printed off and given to each of the student's three required references. We ask that each student have their pastor and at least two other people— 18 years old or older, for whom they have known at least a year and that isn’t a family member— to fill out and return the reference form to us in a sealed envelope. All applicants’ information will be held strictly confidential.

To complete the application process:

1. Fill out the application completely and honestly.

2. Ask your pastor and at least two other people fitting the qualifications above to fill out the reference forms which there is a link to at the bottom of this page.

3. Complete and submit the below forms.

4. Once we have received and evaluated your forms, we will contact you for an interview to be held in April 2025. We will try to accommodate times for those who are driving a distance but we will require a face to face interview.

This application is for you to be a part of the Collegiate Staff Team at Weir Baptist Camp for the summer and serve in a multitude of ways. We plan to have spiritual development with our staff over the course of the next few months. We hope we can grow this ministry as it moves to the future. If you have any questions, you can call 620-762-3455. We would love to discuss it further with you!

Basic Information about Collegiate Staff 

at Weir Baptist Camp

Basic Job Requirements

1. The ability to lead others in a variety of settings.

2. The ability to participate in all types of recreation programs.

3. The ability to commit to spiritual growth and focus on scripture, prayer, and seeking God’s will. 

4. The ability to cheerfully and faithfully carry out these and any other “go for” jobs that are assigned.

Basic Requirements

1. You must be a Christian and be able to share your testimony.

2. You must possess a servant’s heart and a love for others.

3. You must be college age (18-28) or be attending community college, university, or technical school.

4. You must be able to dedicate to being on campus for the full five weeks consisting of associational camps, training week, and service week. Other optional weeks and weekends are not required, but encouraged.

5. Dedicate yourself to the mission of proclaiming the Gospel and shepherding campers throughout the camp weeks.

6. Follow directives of the Collegiate Staff Development Team while at the camp.

7. Dedicate yourself to scriptural study that is organized by the Collegiate Staff Development Team.

8. Attend meetings as scheduled for the preparation of camp.

9. Have neither been convicted of nor am I the subject of pending charges for, any offense involving actual or attempted child abuse or sexual molestation in any jurisdiction. Have never been convicted of any felony charge. Be willing to discuss any arrests or misdemeanor charges with the developmental team.

APPLICATION PROCESS:

• Contact Weir Baptist Camp or a member of the Collegiate Staff Development Team. (Joel Viets, Audrey Dainty and Timothy Clausen)

Contact Info: Weir Baptist Camp: 

Email: [email protected]

Address : 1148 KS-103, Weir, KS 66781

• Complete the application materials (on our website or paper version) and secure necessary references.

• Submit all materials online or send them to the camp.

• You will be contacted for an interview after your application has been processed. Interview date will be in April 2025.

Collegiate Staff at Weir Baptist Camp

General Guidelines for all Student Mission Team Members

Before Camp:

1. You must be college age (18-28) or be attending community college, university, or technical school.

2. You must be available to work the following dates:

Required Dates:

June 2nd - 5th: Director Week, In Person Training

June 6th: Day Camp

June  9th - 13th: Service Week (Royal Family Camp)

June 16th - 17th: Kingdom Kids’ Camp

June 18th - 20th: Children’s Camp

June 23rd - 27th: J.S. Camp

July  7th - 11th: Camp 5-6

Optional Dates:

June 30th -July 4th : Holiday Week

July 14th - July 19th : Collegiate Staff Celebration Week

July 21st -July 25th : VBS Service Week

July 28th – August 3rd : Wrap Up Week

3.  You must be available for an interview on March 9th.

4. You must be available for meetings in Spring 2025

5. You must faithfully attend church weekly and be actively involved in it.

6. You must fill out and send in all application forms by March 31st.

 During Camp:

1. Weir Baptist Camp will cover room and board during the camp season. You're eligible to stay at the campground from May 2025 to August 3rd, 2025. 

2. Weir Baptist Camp will provide all breakfast, lunch, and dinner meals during camp weeks. During other times during their stay at camp, dinner meals will be covered while breakfast and lunches will be up to the Collegiate Staff using the materials provided by the Camp. Weekend breakfast and lunch materials will also be provided if staff stay at the camp.

3. During camp, all staff will report to Audrey Dainty, Joel Viets, and Timothy Clausen. 

4. When camp is not in session, staff will report to Garrett Newman and Audrey Dainty.

5. All optional weeks will have activities that staff can participate in. This will still include regular maintenance jobs around the camp.

6. You may be asked to do additional menial tasks during camp season including mowing, kitchen help, etc. The main purpose of your serving is to help with programming and the Collegiate Staff Development Team will prioritize those things first, but there are times when other tasks will need assistance.

7. Collegiate Staff can travel home during weekends and off weeks or can choose to stay on campus. The Collegiate Staff Development Team and the Camp Manager will try to have fun activities and/or tasks.

8. Collegiate Staff can be dismissed at any time at the discretion of the camp manager and the development team.

9. Collegiate Staff are not to engage in drug/alcohol use, pornography use, sexual relationships, or homosexual relationships during camp. These types of things may also be disqualifying in the training process before camp.

10. Collegiate Staff will also need to follow the guidelines that Weir Baptist Camp has set that pertains to prevention of sexual abuse of campers.

11. Collegiate Staff may leave campus during the camp week at the discretion of the Collegiate Staff Development Team Leaders or the Camp Manager. This may pertain to shopping runs, emergency situations, travel situations, etc. and will need to be communicated ahead of time. 

12. Any issues with housing will be brought to the Camp Manager. Housing may change, but the goal will be to house Collegiate Staff in one location for the summer.

13. Any medical issues/emergencies will need to be reported to the nurse during the camp week. All other situations will be handled by the Camp Manager and could include emergency services being called.

Collegiate Staff Covenant

• I understand that if selected, I will be required to abide by all current and future policies of Weir Baptist Camp (see guidelines).

• I authorize Garrett Newman, Audrey Dainty, Joel Viets, and/or Timothy Clausen to contact all prior employers and character references. I verify the information provided is true and correct.

• I affirm that I have neither been convicted of nor am I the subject of pending charges for, any offense involving actual or attempted child abuse or sexual molestation in any jurisdiction.

• I have never been convicted of a felony

• If I am selected to be a Collegiate Staff Team Member for Weir Baptist Camp, I pledge to:

1. Be faithful to my Savior and Lord Jesus Christ

2. Be faithful to and supportive of my fellow staff

3. Be faithful to and supportive of Weir Baptist Camp Developmental Team

4. Be faithful to complete all the tasks assigned to me

5. Be faithful to serve the entire term of service, unless otherwise authorized

6. Be faithful to follow all of the camp guidelines

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